* 1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender ( August 15 in Japan Standard Time ).

* " An Imperial Rescript "

In 1890, the Imperial Rescript on Education was issued, and students were required to ritually recite its oath to " offer yourselves courageously to the State " as well as to protect the Imperial family.

He also prompted Emperor Meiji to write the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors, in 1882.

During his first term, the Imperial Rescript on Education was issued.

This should be struck from the Imperial Rescript on Education ".

The most famous such incident was his refusal to bow deeply to the portrait of Emperor Meiji and the Imperial Rescript on Education in the formal ceremony held at the First Higher School ( then preparatory division to the Tokyo Imperial University ).

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File: Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War2. jpg | Pages 2 and 3 ( text ).

File: Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War3. jpg | Pages 4 and 5 ( text and Emperor's signature ).

File: Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War4. jpg | Pages 6 and 7 ( Ministers ' signatures ).

Imperial Rescript on Surrender

The date is sometimes known as Victory over Japan Day, although that designation is more frequently used to refer to the date of Emperor Hirohito's Gyokuon-hōsō ( Imperial Rescript of Surrender ), the radio broadcast announcement of the acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration at noon Japan Standard Time on August 15.

It is also usually reproduced with its Preamble, the Imperial Oath Sworn in the Sanctuary in the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Rescript on the Promulgation of the Constitution, which together come to nearly another 1, 000 words.

This policy officially began with the Imperial Rescript of the Rose Chamber of 1839, declaring equality before the law for both Muslim and non-Muslim Ottomans.

This was contrary to the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors of 1882, which instructed officers to treat subordinates respectfully.

Commemorative stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Imperial Rescript in 1940

The Rescript requested of the people that they " furthermore advance public good and promote common interests ; always respect the Constitution and observe the laws ; should emergency arise, offer yourselves courageously to the State ; and thus guard and maintain the prosperity of Our Imperial Throne coeval with heaven and earth ".

After World War II, the American occupation authorities forbade the formal reading of the Imperial Rescript in schools, and the Diet of Japan officially abolished it on 19 June 1948.

The central focus of his lectures was the Imperial Rescript on Education.

Soldiers from the Imperial Japanese Army enter Nanking in January 1938

In Australia, meanwhile, the South Australian State Branch of the Returned Sailors & Soldiers ' Imperial League of Australia similarly developed during the interwar period a simple ceremony of silence for departed comrades at 9 p. m., presumably to coincide with the traditional 11 a. m. time for Armistice ceremonies taking place in Europe ( due to the ten-hour time difference between Eastern Australia and Europe ).

Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army.

It was formed as the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia in 1916, became the Returned Sailors ', Soldiers ' and Airmens Imperial League of Australia in 1940, and became the Returned Services League of Australia in 1965.

During 1916, a conference recommended the formation of The Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia ( RSSILA ) which included representation from Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

In 1940, the name of the League changed to the Returned Sailors ' Soldiers ' and Airmens Imperial League of Australia ( RSSAILA ), and a subsequent change of name took effect in 1965, as the Returned Services League of Australia ( RSL ).

Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Satsuma Rebellion.

Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1875.

Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Satsuma Rebellion ( Garrison of Kumamoto, 1877 ).

Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1900

At 8: 55, on the radio an advice titled “ Directive to Soldiers ” ( 兵に告ぐ in Japanese ) said: The Imperial decree has been proclaimed.

The Imperial Rescript for Seamen and Soldiers ( 1890 ), presented Japan as a " sacred nation protected by the gods ".

From February 1916, Päts served as an officer in Tallinn and in July 1917, he was elected as Chairman of the Supreme Committee of Estonian Soldiers, where he actively worked to form Estonian units in the Imperial Army.

Blackburn was a founding member of the Returned Sailors ', Soldiers ' and Airmen's Imperial League in South Australia, where he served as president of the State branch from 1917 – 21.

Soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force about to embark aboard HMAT Wandilla | HMAT Wandilla at Port Melbourne.

Between 1929 and 1939, Murray wrote fifteen articles for Reveille, the magazine of the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia ( RSL ), detailing several of his experiences during the First World War, and praising several of his comrades.

* Australian Returned Soldiers and Sailors Imperial League or Returned & Services League of Australia

The initial uniform colour was dark blue, following the contemporary French style and resembling that of the Union Army of the American Civil War. Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Satsuma Rebellion ( Garrison of Kumamoto, 1877 ).

Sailors of the Imperial Navy in Kiautschou | Tsingtau, ca 1912

The rise of universal military conscription, introduced by Yamagata Aritomo in 1873, along with the proclamation of the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors in 1882 enabled the military to indoctrinate thousands of men from various social backgrounds with military-patriotic values and the concept of unquestioning loyalty to the Emperor as the basis of the Japanese state ( kokutai ).

The rise of universal military conscription, introduced by Prime Minister Yamagata Aritomo in 1873, along with the proclamation of the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors in 1882 enabled the military to indoctrinate thousands of men from various social backgrounds with military-patriotic values and the concept the unquestioning loyalty to the Emperor was the basis of the Japanese state ( kokutai ).